High cecal intubation rates with a new computer-assisted colonoscope: A feasibility study

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1075-1080

  Groth, Stefan ^a   Rex, Douglas K ^b   Rösch, Thomas ^a   Hoepffner, Nicolas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bethanien Krankenhaus Frankfurt   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION;

AGED; CECUM; COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79958012679     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2011.52     Document Type: Article

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